From deciding which meal to prepare for our guests to trading off the proenvironmental
effects of climate protection measures against their economic costs, we often must consider …

Much economic analysis derives policy recommendations based on social welfare criteria
intended to model the preferences of a policy maker. Yet, little is known about policy maker's …

Social choice rules can be defined or derived by minimizing distance-based objective
functions. One problem with this approach is that any social choice rule can be derived by …

Using a series of controlled laboratory experiments involving decisions to intervene in
others' choice opportunities, we find that groups grant more autonomy to others than …

Evaluating the desirability of a reform typically involves weighing the gains of the winners
against the losses of the losers using welfare weights. Welfare weights measure the value …

When is autonomy granted to a decision-maker based on their knowledge, and if no
autonomy is granted, what form will the intervention take? A parsimonious theory shows how …

I investigate both theoretically and experimentally the economics of empathy and its
implications for redistribution. I first define empathy as an accurate simulation of how one …

Many types of group leaders make “social choices”: choices that influence both their own
and others' welfare. This paper investigates whether and when decision-makers …

My dissertation delves into the intricate interplay between emotions and decision-making
within the field of economics. In Chapter 1, I explore the implications of empathy for income …

Strategic voting, or manipulation, is the process by which a voter misrepresents his
preferences in an attempt to elect an outcome that he considers preferable to the outcome …